Below the Convergence

Author: Alan Gurney
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393329049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, science, and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing, and scurvy was a constant threat. With unreliable--often homemade--charts, these intrepid explorers sailed in the stormy waters of the Southern Ocean below the Convergence, that sea frontier marking the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer sub-Antarctic seas. These men were the first to discover and exploit a new continent, which was not the verdant southern island they had imagined but an inhospitable expanse of rock and ice, ringed by pack ice and icebergs: Antarctica.

Contraction & Convergence

Author: Aubrey Meyer
Publisher: Green Books
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
The C&C framework, which was been pioneered and advocated by GCI at the United Nations throughout the 1990s, is the most widely supported framework proposal in the global debate on what to do about climate change.

The Great Convergence

Author: Kishore Mahbubani
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610390334
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
An influential policy thinker and "muse of the Asian Century" ("Foreign Policy") illuminates the contours of our new global civilization, and shows why power must shift to reflect the new reality.

Weak Convergence Methods for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Author: Lawrence C. Evans
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821807242
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
"Expository lectures from the the CBMS Regional Conference held at Loyola University of Chicago, June 27-July 1, 1988."--T.p. verso.

A Guide to Topology

Author: Steven G. Krantz
Publisher: MAA
ISBN: 9780883853467
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
A Guide to Topology is an introduction to basic topology for graduate or advanced undergraduate students. It covers point-set topology, Moore-Smith convergence and function spaces. It treats continuity, compactness, the separation axioms, connectedness, completeness, the relative topology, the quotient topology, the product topology, and all the other fundamental ideas of the subject. The book is filled with examples and illustrations. Students studying for exams will find this book to be a concise, focused and informative resource. Professional mathematicians who need a quick review of the subject, or need a place to look up a key fact, will find this book to be a useful resource too.

Centers of Power

Author: Stanley R. Schneider
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN: 0765708493
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
Kabbalah and psychoanalysis are conceptions about the nature of reality. The former is over two thousand years old. The latter has been formalized less than a hundred years ago. Nonetheless they are parallel journeys of discovery that have forever altered not only what we see, but the very nature of seeing itself. The purpose of this study is to explore how Kabbalah and psychoanalysis converge and diverge, complement and conflict with each other, in order to amplify their impact and enable mankind to gain a greater understanding of reality.

Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education

Author: Giliberto Capano
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483968
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 513

Book Description
This volume explores convergence and divergence in the governance of higher education systems from a global and comparative perspective.

Social Theory Re-Wired

Author: Wesley Longhofer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100088824X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 943

Book Description
This third edition of Social Theory Re-Wired is a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that "allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before," according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. "System updates" to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information/digital technologies on each of the text’s five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society. New to this edition: The "big ideas/questions" thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition An expanded "Podcast Companions" series now pairs at least one podcast to every reading in the book Many new updates to the exercise platform allow students to theorize and build theory on their own New readings excerpts include such important recent work as: Shoshana Zuboff’s "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," Ruha Benjamin’s "Race After Technology," David Graeber’s "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit," Sherry Turkle’s “Always-On/Always-on-You.”

Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance

Author: Jeffrey N. Gordon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521536011
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description
Corporate governance is on the reform agenda all over the world. How will global economic integration affect the different systems of corporate ownership and governance? Is the Anglo-American model of shareholder capitalism destined to become the template for a converging global corporate governance standard or will the differences persist? This reader contains classic work from leading scholars addressing this question as well as several new essays. In a sophisticated political economy analysis that is also attuned to the legal framework, the authors bring to bear efficiency arguments, politics, institutional economics, international relations, industrial organization, and property rights. These questions have become even more important in light of the post-Enron corporate governance crisis in the United States and the European Union's repeated efforts at corporate integration. This will become a key text for postgraduates and academics.

The Beginning After The End

Author: TurtleMe
Publisher: TurtleMe
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description
King Grey has unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability. However, solitude lingers closely behind those with great power. Beneath the glamorous exterior of a powerful king lurks the shell of a man, devoid of purpose and will. Reincarnated into a new world filled with magic and monsters, the king has a second chance to relive his life. Correcting the mistakes of his past will not be his only challenge, however. Underneath the peace and prosperity of the new world is an undercurrent threatening to destroy everything he has worked for, questioning his role and reason for being born again.